A man hijacked (stole) a small plane from the airport in Auckland NZ and theatened to hit buildings down-town with it.

Chased by a police helicopter he directed the plane out to the sea, where he eventually crashed.

Anybody anything more on that ??

A bit more on this link. He is alive and with moderate injuries.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1462620.htm

I think the use of the word hijacked in this case is very misleading seeing as no other person was involved in the aircraft.

I think Hijack can in fact be used!


hijack
highjack
verb hijacked, hijacking

1. To take control of a vehicle, especially an aircraft, and force it to go to an unscheduled destination, often taking any passengers present as hostages.

Thesaurus: steal, commandeer, expropriate, kidnap, privateer, pirate, capture, seize, skyjack (slang), snatch
2. To stop and rob (a vehicle).
3. To steal (goods) in transit.

Derivative: hijacker
noun

Derivative: hijacking
noun

There's more on this episode at:

Small A/C Threatens Sky Tower (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=190410&perpage=15&pagenumber=1)